The confidential settlement reached on June 28 between Beef Products Inc., and Disney-owned ABC News is not entirely a secret anymore. The report filed Tuesday by Walt Disney Co. does not specifically mention that the settlement is related to the BPI case, but it was the only settlement Disney disclosed in its quarterly earnings report for the three-month period ended June 30, two days after the BPI settlement was reached. The figure is not directly linked to the “pink slime” case, but the BPI litigation is the only one Disney specifies in the report. ABC News and reporter Jim Avila. […]

Retired NBA star Scottie Pippen’s divorce is on again! Two months after telling a judge in Fort Lauderdale that they were working on reconciling, the lawyers for the former Chicago Bulls star and Larsa Pippen, his Kardashian Klan confidante wife, just told the same judge the divorce is on again. ‘We’re going to be proceeding with the case,’ Jorge Cestero, Larsa’s attorney, told Broward County Family Court Judge Dale Cohen. ‘The husband and the wife are both in Los Angeles and we’re scheduling another mediation session.’ Roberta Stanley, the baller’s lawyer, seemed more adamant, telling Cohen that she has been […]

Marriage is one of life’s big milestones, but sadly for some it is not the fairytale ending they had hoped for. But for those going through a divorce in Burton and South Derbyshire there is a tiny silver lining to the cloud, as the Midlands has been named as one of the fastest places in the country to get a divorce. Latest figures from the Ministry of Justice have revealed that the average time it takes for a divorce to become final in the Midlands is 21.7 weeks, compared to an average of 23.2 weeks across England and Wales. The […]

Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian are coming close to agreeing on a custody arrangement for their daughter Dream. The big news from discussions however is that Chyna, 29, has a better income than Rob. It was reported by TMZ on Thursday that neither Chyna or Rob, 30, has requested child support but Rob would be the one to need it, mainly because he takes care of eight-month-old Dream more often then she does. Negotiations: Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna are close to reaching a custody agreement regarding their daughter Dream Chyna makes a lot of money on club appearances and […]

Staying married for the kids? Alison Maloni decided not to do that and wrote about it. Here is her guest post, which offers her perspective on why it doesn’t make sense to stay in an unhappy married for the children.    A Message to Parents Who Stay Married for the Children by Alison Maloni   I recently wrote an article about my divorce. I was panicking about the response that I would receive, as I know that some people were in shock and others disappointed in my recent life-changing event.   What really overwhelmed me was the feedback that I received. […]

(Reuters) – Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) on Thursday reported a quarterly profit that missed analysts’ estimates, but the company lost fewer subscribers than expected. The company said it lost about 196,000 net pay-TV subscribers in the second quarter ended June 30. The number includes subscribers to both its satellite TV and Sling TV services. The loss came in below analysts’ average expectation of 256,000 subscribers, according to financial data and analytics firm FactSet. Net income attributable to Dish plunged 90 percent to $40 million or 9 cents per share in the quarter, hurt by litigation expenses, net of taxes, of $280 […]

The son of a hell-raising earl who was notorious for being Britain’s “most-married peer” is now locked in his own divorce battle, trying to protect the family fortune from his ex-wife. The Honourable Henry Wyndham Wodehouse, 61, is the son of Lord Wodehouse, fourth earl of Kimberley, who garnered a reputation as a playboy with six marriages during his lifetime. The earl, whose godfather was author PG Wodehouse, frittered away millions through high living and trips to the divorce courts. He sold off the family’s Kimberley Hall mansion near Wymondham, Norfolk, before he died in 2002 aged 78. His son […]

Societe Generale SA’s continued struggle with litigation for past misconduct is overshadowing a jump in demand for structured products and a brighter picture for consumer banking in eastern Europe. France’s third-largest bank said Wednesday that it increased legal provisions by 300 million euros ($354 million) for disputes that it didn’t specify. Societe Generale’s 963 million-euro settlement in May with the Libyan Investment Authority, already covered by the bank’s cash pile for legal provisions, led to accounting effects on revenue, taxes and provisions in the second quarter, but had a neutral effect on the bottom line and capital position. The most […]

1/110 30 July 2017 Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) get ready for the military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the army at Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. REUTERS 2/110 29 July 2017 Cyclists at the start of the first stage of the Tour de Pologne cycling race, over 130km from Krakow’s Main Market Square, Poland EPA 3/110 28 July 2017 Israeli border guards keep watch as Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray outside Jerusalem’s old city overlooking the Al-Aqsa mosque compound Ahmad Gharabli/AFP 4/110 28 July 2017 A supporter of […]

The senior judge in charge of modernising the courts service has hit out at ‘ill-informed comments’ from lawyers and ‘misunderstandings’ about controversial plans to test out-of-hours courts. In a letter despatched over the weekend, Lord Justice Fulford sets out to ‘demystify’ the flexible hours courts pilot, insisting the plans are ’not a disguised attempt to persuade, or force… legal professionals and others to spend more time at court than they do at present’. The letter was sent to all judges via the judicial intranet and the Law Society and Bar Council, a spokesman for HM Judiciary said. Court sessions will […]